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how much is a new cat22 swing keel newsailor72 at 9:10pm 12.04.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/886 looking at another cat22, it's a 1971, its keel is pretty much shot. anyone know where to get a new
A true boater.... meb135 at 7:21pm 12.04.16 Sails Call Lounge 15/1213
ericson 38 sailboat windless installaton Brad B. at 4:12pm 12.04.16 Ericson 1/1511 how to install a horizontal anchor windless on deck
Mounting a Rudder Reference on a Mk1 Cat 30 nameless at 3:27pm 12.04.16 Catalina 30 0/594 I am installing an EV100 on my Cat 30 Mk1 1984. The original auto pilot failed and was about 15 yea
chasing bubbles whatfiero at 3:14pm 12.04.16 Ask All Sailors 34/2116 You tube. Chasing Bubbles. Definitely a good sail boat doc. Check it out
Anchor Rode Wrap Around Wing Keel (2) neilleparkerjr at 1:33pm 12.04.16 Ask All Sailors 34/9524 Wing-Keel Boat Sailors, I have had a couple of incidents when anchoring my Hunter 37.5 in tidal wate
cutter to sloop frankies56 at 9:34am 12.04.16 The Cherubini Hunters 5/754 Switched to 130 genny. blaise recomended, seems the boat acts more balanced and not so much weather
B'Day 222 Forestay length kdmjme at 9:08am 12.04.16 Ask An Oday Owner 3/633 Hello, does anyone have the forestry length of an O'Day 222, I'm looking to purchase a curler on Cra
Anchor Hatch Specifications 1984 Hunter 31 (1) VB1 at 6:01am 12.04.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1124 130793 During Huricane Matthew lost Anchor Hatch from my 1984 Hunter 31' Where can I get a copy of t
Firefly batteries: real world application? capta at 10:31pm 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 3/620 Frankly, I'd love Lithium Ion batteries on our boat. Just as frankly, we can't afford them! I've bee
S2 Resources HiddenHand at 5:50pm 12.03.16 S2 3/1753 Hi, As of today we are newly owned by a 1987 S2 9.2c. It's on the hard in West Haverstraw, NY and
Very Badly Jammed Rolling Furler 1998 Main Hunter 310 dph123 at 5:13pm 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1867 I am familiar with unjamming my main -- and have not had many problems because I am usually carefull
Lazy Jack Dionysis at 11:11am 12.03.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2335 Once again the novice sailor returns. First I want to thank any of you who offered advice on my rece
Jib sail having two size luff tape! Sailboatvirg at 8:32am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 4/446 A couple of years ago I bought a new to me jib sail from Bacon Sails, great shape good sail. Since
Should I connect these solar panels in series, or parallel? Gene Neill at 8:02am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 14/1453 Sorry. This seems like such a simple question, and yet I have failed to find the answer. Here's the
Venice La. CYQK at 3:52am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 7/505 My wife suprised me for my 60th yesterday with a fishing trip to Venice on the 27th While we are the
Teak Re-finishing CYQK at 3:45am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1160 Been sanding down everything inside and absolutely love the light golden brown look of the bare teak
Cleaning fuel tank on board. Clydo at 10:26pm 12.02.16 Catalina 310 17/5812 It looks like pretty big project to pull fuel tank from boat and clean it on shore. Anyone tried to
Out board kicks up. gbrian at 8:00pm 12.02.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/718 I have a 9.9 mariner on my '94 Mac 26 that kicks up when in reverse. Any idea why this happens?
St Pete Show seadaddler at 7:05pm 12.02.16 Big Boats 3/509 Wow Marlow Hunter had a Hunter 31 and 42 and 37 and Pilot 47. I was very impressed with the quality

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Salon table 37c Cocoa Beach Sailor at 5:08am 02.11.24 Hello, If your are having a new table fabricated, I'm interested in replacing the center piece in
H37 Cutter mast Cocoa Beach Sailor at 5:06am 02.11.24 The Pro Furl is on the less expensive side and has served Alpha for 20+ years without an issue. In
Seeking Advice for New headsail 37c Cocoa Beach Sailor at 5:04am 02.11.24 Going into my 35th season on Alpha, I've had all manner of head sails from the 70% Yankee to a 150
new mulitbank battery charger experiences Davidasailor26 at 4:34am 02.11.24 Bear in mind, a multi bank charger only divides the total capacity of the charger across all the ba
Genoa Track Replacement -Alden Caravelle jon hansen at 11:36pm 02.10.24 https://www.harken.com/en/shop/t-track-genoa-lead/32-mm-stainless-steel-pinstop-t-track-4-m
Genoa Track Replacement -Alden Caravelle jon hansen at 11:15pm 02.10.24 all my upgrades of tracks on Aeolus over the years have been Harken. i'm in wisconsin, so is Harken
New Main Sail Tally Ho at 10:12pm 02.10.24
Getting into Boat Chartering Kings Gambit at 9:49pm 02.10.24
Adding a solent sail or staysail to a B&R rig Peter Preusch at 9:30pm 02.10.24 Thanks again all. I get that trying to convert a sloop into a cutter may not be the best way to go.
The Show Must Go On higgs at 8:17pm 02.10.24 Last one for me was the Miami Boat Show about 10 years ago. Mostly Cats and after you look at a few
Strange phenomena seen while boating? higgs at 8:14pm 02.10.24 We were in the middle of Lake Michigan, motoring in flat seas from South Haven to Racine (about 70 m
new mulitbank battery charger experiences dlochner at 7:46pm 02.10.24 Victron, Sterling/ProMariner, Mastervolt are all well respected marine battery chargers. Bear in m
new mulitbank battery charger experiences jssailem at 6:32pm 02.10.24 My charger is a Sterling Pro Ultra charger. 40 amps. To maximize charging I charge the House Bank a
Where to find hull number H49 dLj at 6:04pm 02.10.24 All commercial boats made after 1972 have a HIN. Unless the boat was manufactured outside the US.
Where to find hull number H49 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:22pm 02.10.24 The last four D405 goes like this D stands for the month the hull was first layed. D is for the m
WATCHING PAINT DRY! twodzusfittings at 4:35pm 02.10.24 Glad it all worked out and you recovered from the initial problem. :beer: Thanks for your help.
Seeking Advice for New headsail 37c PhilaSailor at 3:23pm 02.10.24 Going into my 35th season on Alpha, I've had all manner of head sails from the 70% Yankee to a 150 g
Please help. 1979 37 Cherbuni Water Tanks Crazy Dave Condon at 3:11pm 02.10.24 @SnowSurfer Did not know if Naples, Italy or Naples Florida but you will probably be going by way o
Monoceros 37c continues PhilaSailor at 3:10pm 02.10.24 Didn't see one key wiring thought above. The 37C wiring was not tinned on my boat. Any moisture cr
Sprit idea I found thoughts? Grotto at 3:05pm 02.10.24 Rube Goldberg-esk. There is the old saw that simple is better. That doesn't look simple. Reddit?

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